The aim of this work is to summarize and systematically describe the overall conditions of the international ground freight services. In the introduction there is a brief characteristic of the current situation at the area of international trade with respect to the international freight services. In the second part there are mentioned and briefly described the related multilateral contracts (Convention on International Transport of Goods Under Cover of TIR Carnets, European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road ADR, Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be Used for such Carriage ATP and European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles engaged in International Road Transport AETR). The main accent is put on the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR), which was negotiated by the contracting parties in Geneva, 19 May 1956 and which is the most important and comprehensive document in this branch of law. There is also mentioned the national law as a supportive source of law to be used for cases which are not covered by the CMR Convention as well as the Incoterms rules which are standard trade definitions most commonly used in international sales contracts. The third part analyzes the regulations with respect to the Czech Republic. It gives more details about the CMR Convention and its regulation of rights and liabilities of the contracting parties of the contract for the international carriage of goods by road and regulation of related documents. There are mentioned articles and provision of "Zákon o mezinárodním právu soukromém a procesním and Obchodní zákoník", which are applicable in the area of international carriage of goods and there is also referred to how the Incoterms influence logistics. The fourth part briefly describes other contract known by the Czech law and compares them with each other. There is also mentioned the current situation on the field of logistics and usage of individual contracts among the carriers and related contracting parties. The fifth part gives a brief overview of logistics from the international trade perspective. In conclusion there is a recapitulation of the above mentioned sources of law for the logistic area and it is stressed out, how important it is for the contracting parties of the contract for the international carriage of goods by road, mainly for the carrier, to be familiar with the regulations and to take account of them when negotiating the contract and choosing and training his employees. |